Robert sears biography

Robert Richardson Sears (; August 31, 1908^[1] – May 22, 1989^[2]) was an American psychologist who specialized in child psychology and the psychology of personality.

He was the head of the psychology department at Stanford and later dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences there,^[2] continued the long-term I.Q. studies of Lewis Madison Terman at Stanford,^[3] and authored many pivotal papers and books on various aspects of psychology.

Early life

He was born in Palo Alto, California to Jesse Brundage Sears, a professor at Stanford University, and Stella Louise (Richardson) Sears.^[3] As a child Sears attended Palo Alto Union High School.^[4] He received his Artium Baccalaureus degree from Stanford in 1929^[3] and a Ph.

D. from Yale University in 1932.^[2] He was married on June 25, 1932, to Pauline Kirkpatrick Snedden,^[3] who co-authored a book with him and wit